Chapter on Following the Sunnah and Evidence of the Book
H 197, Ch. 22, h 1
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfali from
al-Sakuni from abu Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following.
"The holy Prophet (s.a.), "Over every truth there is a reality and above every
valid issue there is light. Whatever agrees with the holy Quran you must follow it and
whatever does not agree disregard it."
H 198, Ch. 22, h 2
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Abdallah ibn Muhammad from
Ali ibn al-Hakam from Aban ibn Uthman from 'Abdallah ibn abu Yafur who has
said the following.
"In a meeting where ibn abi Yafur was also present I asked Imam abu
Abdallah (a.s.) about the differences in Hadith which is narrated from people whom
we trust and yet from other people we do not trust." The Imam replied, "If you
come across a Hadith and you find evidence in the holy Quran to support it or in Hadith of
the holy Prophet (you may follow it), otherwise, you follow the one that has come to you
through the trustworthy narrator."
H 199, Ch. 22, h 3
A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid
from his father from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from Yahya al-Halab from Ayyub ibn al-Hurr who has
said the following.
"Abu Abdallah (a.s.) has said, Everything must be referred to the holy
Quran and the Sunnah, the noble traditions of the holy Prophet (s.a.) and any Hadith that
does not agree with the holy Quran it is a useless statement."
H 200, Ch. 22, h 4
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa
from ibn Faddal from Ali ibn Uqba from Ayyub ibn Rashid from abu Abdallah
(a.s.) who has said the following.
"Of Hadith whatever does not agree with the holy Quran is a useless statement."
H 201, Ch. 22, h 5
Muhammad ibn Ismail from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from ibn abu
Umayr from Hisham ibn al-Hakam and others from abu Abdallah (a.s.) who has
said the following.
"The holy Prophet once addressed the people in Mina (a place in Makkah) saying,
"O people, whatever comes to you in the form of my Hadith you must see if it agrees
with the holy book of Allah then know that I have said it but whatever comes to you that
does not agree with the book of Allah then know that I have not said it."
H 202, Ch. 22, h 6
It is narrated through the same chain of narrators from ibn abu
Umayr from certain persons of his people who has said the following.
"Abu Abdallah (a.s.) who has said, Whoever disagrees with the book of
Allah and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.) he has certainly become a
unbeliever."
H 203, Ch. 22, h 7
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn Isa ibn
Ubayd from Yunus in a marfu manner from Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) who
has said the following.
"The best deed in the sight of Allah is the one that is performed according to the
Sunnah, the noble tradition of the holy Prophet (s.a.) even if it would be in small
degree."
H 204, Ch. 22, h 8
A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid
from Ismail ibn Mihran from abu Said al-Qammat and Salih ibn Said
from Aban ibn Taghlib who has said the following.
"A man asked a question from Imam abu Jafar (a.s.) who replied to it and then
the man said, "The Fuqaha, scholars of law, do not say this."
The Imam then said, "It is a pity. Have you ever seen a Faqih, a scholar of law? The real Faqih, scholar of law is one who maintains restraint from the worldly matters, who is deeply interested in the life hereafter and holds firmly to the Sunnah, noble tradition of the holy prophet (s.a.)"
H 205, Ch. 22, h 9
A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid
from his father from abu Ismail Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Azdi from abu
Uthman al-Abdi from Jafar from his ancestors from Amir al-Muminin
Ali (a.s.) who has said the following.
"There are no words without action, thee are no words or actions without intention
and there are no words, actions and intentions without learning the Sunnah, the noble
traditions of the holy Prophet, (s.a.).
H 206, Ch. 22, h 10
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ahmad ibn al-Nadr
from Amr ibn Shimr from Jabir from abu Jafar (a.s.) who has said the
following.
"There is no one without excitement and calmness. Whoevers calmness would lead
him towards the Sunnah, noble traditions of the holy prophet (s.a.), he is rightly guided
but if it would lead him towards innovations then he has gone astray."
H 207, Ch. 22, h 11
Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Barqi from Ali
ibn Hassan and Muhammad ibn Yahya from Salama ibn al-Khattab from Ali ibn
Hassan from Musa ibn Bakr from Zurara ibn Ayan from abu Jafar (a.s.) who
has said the following.
"Whoever may transgress against the Sunnah, noble traditions of the holy Prophet
(s.a.), he must return to the Sunnah."
H 208, Ch. 22, h 12
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfali from
al-Sakuni from abu Abdallah from his ancestors (the Imams (a.s.) who have said the
following.
"Imam Ali (a.s.) said, There are two kinds of Sunnah, (traditions). There is a
Sunnah in obligations and following such Sunnah is guidance and its disregard is
misguidance. There is a Sunnah, (tradition), in none obligatory issue. The following of
this kind of Sunnah is a virtuous deed and its disregard for other matters is a
sin."
End of the book on the virtue of knowledge.
All praise belongs to Allah.
May Allah send blessings up on Prophet Muhammad and his purified family